[Milsurplus] WWII repair question

[J. Forster]

Jack Antonio wrote:

> While working on some of my WWII radio gear, I came up with a question.
>
> What official criteria (if any) existed for a radio shop during war time, to
> repair, replace or scrap battle damaged gear? Was a bullet hole or shrapnel
> damage enough to scrap a given radio? I am 100% certain cannabilism was used
> to keep radios running, but how official was this practice?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack

The EMERs (Depot Service Manuals) for the No 19 sets give lists of what parts to
salvage from damaged sets and even coil and transformer rewinding specs. It
seems that the decision when to scrap and scavange sets was likely left to the
guy in charge of the depot, who was in the best position to make the decision.

John